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Here is one of Isis' gorgeous hand-made cloth chessboards, this one with satine ribbon, velvetine and gold braided trim.
Unique at Chesstique: Chessly Gifts Jan 2008
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Here is one of Isis' gorgeous hand-made cloth chessboards, this one with satine ribbon, velvetine and gold braided trim.
Archive 2008-12-01 Jan 2008
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It was comfortable, however, and had conveniences -- a folding card-table, a cribbage-board, score-pads for whist and five hundred; a humidor of cigars; a large Morris chair and an ugly but well-padded couch of green tufted velvetine.
The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918
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He had a velvetine coat, red vest, knickerbockers, white stockings, and servant's low shoes, and he wore a huge black beard and a black wig.
In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886
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As we penetrated further into Bohemia, the smock-frock among the men gave place to a cloth or velvetine jacket, and the cap was supplanted by a coarse steeple-crowned hat.
Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II 1842
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The norty, rorty Louise Germaine, with her lovely unctuous velvetine Kentish goer's patois. late of Dennis Potter's brilliant
Army Rumour Service 2010
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